The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-05
s. TO THE PEN. 4 I
The Train Robbers Receive
Their Sentences,
THEIR LONG TERMS.
Wittrock and .Haight, Seven Years
Each, and Weaver Five Years
Other News Notes.
Quick Work.


ST. LOUIS, January AT 2 O'Clock
the grand jury handed in their indict-
ments against the accused Frisco train
robbers. That against Wittrock was for
robbery in the first degree; that against
Haight for being accessory after the
| fact. The prisoners were Immediately
arraigned before Judge Normille,
pleaded guilty to the charges and were
at once sentenced, Wittrock and Haight
to seven years, and Weaver to five
years, in the penitentiary. The prison
ers will at once be taken to Jefferson
City.
ST. LOUIS, January 4th.-The pro6a-
bility that Fred. Wittrock, the Adams
Express robber, and his confederates
would be brought into the criminal
court, to day, drew large number OF
people to the court room, anxious to
catch glimpse of the famous highway
man. At II o'clock the grand jury,
which was at that hour expected TO be
ready to present their indictments, an
nounced that they were not ready to
report. An adjournment was taken to
give them further time to consider the
cases, and two subsequent adjourn
ment were taken, the last one until 2
pm, for the same purposes. At the
latter hour, when Judge Normille took
his seat, the court room WAS crowded
with spectators, filling the aisles and
doorways. The grand jury filed ID and
took their seats. L.T..
Gentlemen, have you anything to
report ~ asked the court: sgff.r !.
I'VE have three true bills to return, ,
responded the foreman. ....5 =. Z. y
The bills were handed to the judge,
who. after Looking them over, dis
missed the jury One of these
Frederick Wittrock, Thomas Weaver
and VIM. M. Haight, charged with.
larceny from a railroad car Indict-
ments charging them with robbery in
the first degree were prepared yester-
day, but the form was changed to the
above, so that there might be no
difficulty in holding Messenger Fother
ingham, for an indictment for robbery
in the first degree would be an admis-,
sion of his innocence. At 2.15 pm.
the prisoners were 5-sr. s..
BRoUGHT FROM THEIR CELLS
into the court room and arraigned at
the bar. rei s34H F"
"If the court please, "said Mr.. Glover,
the States attorney, 'the defendants in
this case desire to plead guilty to the
charges in the indictment. ~ -o.
The clerk then asked the defendants
if they heard the charges. They replied
in the affirmative, and to the question
as to whether they were guilty or not
guilty, answered Guilty Y The States
attorney recommended that the extreme
penslUy-seYen years in the Peniten
tiary-be melted out to Wittrock and
Haight and that Weaver be given five
years. The judge then sentenced them
in accordance with the recommended
ton. Wittrock and Haight took their
sentences stoically, the former remark
ing, I'VE have made our beds and we
must lie in them, but Weaver was evil
IDENTIFY affected. He cannot reconcile |
himself to the idea of serving SEN
tence when Kinney, Moriarty and |
others who received part of the stolen |
money are allowed to go at liberty. |
After receiving their sentences, the |
prisoners were led back to their cells, |
where they will remain until tomorrow |
when they will be taken to the Peniten- |
,iary at Jefferson City.